The Encyclopedia of Dutch Black Metal

Oktober 2011	It takes longer and longer to update this site regularly. It might have something to do with moving on to different projects and well -no denying here- job-and-family life. Still, I will try to regularly add reviews of music I have been given, traded, or bought. All the while, my new book Black Metal is Dead! Long Live Black Metal! is in its final stages, it's being read by friends, will have to be read for a grammar and spellings check, and I am still thinking about the proper way to release it (old-school magazine, glossy, book, audiobook, digital blog (the cheapest but least favourite one), whatever).
January 2011	After a long silence, I made some time in my schedule to do an update of the website. The most prominent new feature is that of short personal and 100%-subjective advise of every release I have encountered and/or collected. It rates from "Personal Favourite" to "Ignore This One!", and gives ratings of my personal enjoyment of the performance (riffs, vocals, drums, lyrics, ideology) and production (focus: how pleasing is the overall sound quality for this type of black metal?). They are listed at the releases of the bands. So, if there's no advise there, there's a good chance I have not yet encountered the music! I have also decided to ad some important Satanic death metal bands in an impulsive why-the-hell-not moment. PS. The book I started in August is already about 100 A4-pages of text, and it makes good reading, if I say so myself.
August 2010	I have started on a new book about the black metal scene (and its roots in other occult music), but this time I have not limited myself to the Dutch scene. I have taken on the quest to write a review of the global black metal scene as a whole - and in that way being the exact opposite of the objective local encyclopedia. I have tried to stay clear from a lot of information you can read everywhere in books and on the web and tried to make it into something completely different with more personal details, opinions, likes & dislikes, angles, quotes, and anecdotes. I have not yet any idea if there are publishers ready for this one!
April 2010	I have received a lot of positive feedback on the new lay-out, and the fact that - after all these years - it still is one of the easiest reference guides for those with a liking of Dutch black metal. This has encouraged me to keep adding bands, reviews, features, and to improve the design of the website. I have also renewed some of the items in the NLBMe Management section, which you might find interesting.
June 2009	Because Geocities is closing down most of its business, I decided it was time for a new and more professional Dutch location: www.nlbme.nl with a suitable new e-mail address: info@nlbme.nl. I have also done major improvement on the overall layout of the website and the amount of content, which I had planned for a long time. Apart from adding a bit more color, I have also torn apart the "browse bands per letter"-section and re-assembled it into a "browse per band"-section. It might be something you like, or something you hate. Apart from the obvious changes, I have also incorporated a lot of small revisions and additions, but they are naturally harder to spot - if spotted at all!
January 2008	I have finally done another update, and added a PDF-version of the book's revised introduction in the "About The Book" section. If there are any revisions later on, the PDF will change with them!
March 2007	I have decided to update the website with more elaborate information on the bands. I have done this in this a lay-out in which I merged the "Help The Writer"-section with the band index. Plus, I have added a personal music review section, which might be useful if you're hunting for good Dutch music! I also decided, since the book was already three years old, and I still have enough of them left, to lower its price (more details can be found on the order form).
June 2005	I have already received the first reactions to my newest section. I want to thank everyone contributing - you make my time a little more effective!
May 2005	I have finally revised the website with some new information and developments! I have also added the important Help The Writer section! (this was later incorporated in the Bands-section)
February 2004	I have finally released the book and the website for the world to see!